How do you say “behead” in Vietnamese?

“Behead” in Vietnamese is chém đầu (to behead), chặt đầu (to behead).

Vietnamese words for “behead”

• chém đầuListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕɛm˧˦ ʔɗəw˨˩] · Saigon [cɛm˦˥ ʔɗəw˨˩]chém rising đầu falling

  to behead; to decapitate

  for “behead” meaning: To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

• chặt đầuListenverb
  Hanoi [t͡ɕat̚˧˨ʔ ʔɗəw˨˩] · Saigon [cak̚˨˩˨ ʔɗəw˨˩]chặt heavy đầu falling

  to behead; to decapitate

  for “behead” meaning: To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

Related Vietnamese words

• chémListenverb

  to slash; to chop; to cut

• trảmListenverb

  to behead

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.